Informal caregivers’ judgements on sharing care with home care professionals from an intersectional perspective: the influence of personal and situational characteristics

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Informal caregivers’ judgements on sharing care with home care professionals from an intersectional perspective: the influence of personal and situational characteristics

Wittenberg, Y.; de Boer, A.; Plaisier, I.; Verhoeff, A.; Kwekkeboom, R.

Publication date 2019

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Wittenberg, Y., de Boer, A., Plaisier, I., Verhoeff, A., & Kwekkeboom, R. (2019). Informal caregivers’ judgements on sharing care with home care professionals from an intersectional perspective: the influence of personal and situational characteristics. Poster session

presented at 19th International Conference on Integrated Care, San Sebastian.

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(PRELIMINARY) RESULTS

Informal caregivers’ judgements on sharing care with home care professionals from an intersectional perspective: the

influence of personal and situational characteristics

Authors: Y. Wittenberg, MSc, A. de Boer, PhD, I. Plaisier, PhD, A. Verhoeff, PhD & R. Kwekkeboom, PhD

INTRODUCTION

European policy emphasis on providing informal care at home

causes caregivers and home care professionals having more contact with each other, which makes it important for them to find satisfying ways to share care. It is unclear what conditions foster a negative judgement among caregivers on professional support. To improve

our understanding of social inequities in caregiving experiences, this study adopts an intersectional perspective.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS / AIM

• To describe caregivers’ judgements regarding sharing care with home care professionals when taking into account their various backgrounds.

• To find out whether personal (such as gender) and situational characteristics (such as the care recipients’ impairment) are

related to caregivers’ judgements and to consider the interaction between these characteristics.

METHODS

Data of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, representative sample of Dutch population. Dependent variable: a 1-4 scale on

“caregiver judgement” (α = 0.69).

• Bivariate and multivariate linear regression analysis (N = 292).

• Multiplicative approach to examine the relationship between mutually constituting factors of the caregivers’ judgement.

CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION

Caregivers who provide help to people with a mental impairment are at risk of being less satisfied about sharing care compared to others, especially when they are aged between 45 and 64, have a paid job or when they provide care to a parent or child. This underlines

the importance for professionals to pay extra attention to these groups of caregivers.

MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACT Yvette Wittenberg, MSc

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

PO Box 2171, 1000 CD Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.hva.nl/lzo | y.wittenberg@hva.nl

Twitter: @YWittenberg FUNDING

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), project number 023.011.009 (Doctoral Grand for Teachers)

Influence of personal and situational

characteristics on the caregivers’ judgement R

= 0,29 | N = 292

Coef. P>[t]

Gender

Male 0 (base)

Female -0,07 0,354

Age

65+ 0 (base)

45-64 -0,07 0,534

16-44 -0,25 0,034

Employment status

Not working / < 12 hours 0 (base)

Working > 12 hours -0,16 0,069 Level of education

Lower education 0 (base)

Intermediate education -0,04 0,676

Higher education -0,24 0,007

Household situation

With a partner 0 (base)

Alone 0,05 0,567

Self-reported health

Not obstructed 0 (base)

Slightly obstructed -0,24 0,010 Heavily obstructed -0,44 0,001

Coef. P>[t]

Care motives

I like to take care 0,22 0,013 I think I should care -0,11 0,127 I like to do it for him/her 0,00 0,966 There is no one else -0,31 0,000 Relationship

Partner 0 (base)

Adult-child -0,21 0,061

Other family members -0,38 0,003 Friends/neighbours -0,41 0,001 Impairment

Physical 0 (base)

Mental -0,02 0,828

Help from others

No 0 (base)

Yes -0,06 0,486

Type of provided care

Home nursing care 0 (base)

Domestic help -0,22 0,035

Social support -0,08 0,421